Sicangu Fund invites the public to visit our communities on the Rosebud Reservation and get to know our growing small business community. Check out our business directory for information about the products and services available on the Reservation from local businesses and organizations. Also, check out www.nativediscovery.org for help in planning a trip to Rosebud, Pine Ridge, or Cheyenne River Indian Reservations.
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe Tourism department has a very helpful website about the Reservation that details attractions, visitor services, hunting and fishing guide services, pow wows, arts and crafts, and much more. Sicancu Fund encourages visitors to check out this website to learn more about opportunities to discover the Land of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate at http://tradecorridor.com/rosebud/index.html.
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ABOUT ROSEBUD
The Rosebud Reservation is located in Todd County in central South Dakota, about an hour south of Interstate 90. The Reservation runs south to the Nebraska border and borders the Pine Ridge Reservation on the northwest corner.
Rosebud Tribal members are descendants of the Sicangu Oyate, part of the Teton Lakota Band of Oceti Sakowin, the Seven Council Fires. The Tribal homelands originally recognized by the 1851 and 1868. Treaties were reduced to the current boundaries by the 1989 Act and subsequent Homestead Acts. The Rosebud Tribe has a service unit that extends beyond Todd County and includes Gregory, Mellette, and Tripp counties, plus Cherry County in Nebraska for a total of 5,961 square miles.
According to oral history, the name Sicangu (burnt thigh) originated when a prairie fire destroyed a Lakota village killing many people who were not able to survive as they ran from the village through tall burning grass to get to a lake. Those who did survive had badly burned upper legs.
The Reservation has unique prairie grasslands and miles of open space that is home to hawks, eagles, pheasants, and many other birds. Wildlife includes bison, elk, deer, prairie dogs, and more.
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